A 1997 B-movie where cloning goes wrong and Lou Rawls is somehow involved. What more do you need?
The time is the early 21st century and a genetics lab has been destroyed in a fire seriously injuring a scientist and possibly killing his daughter. As two investigators begin to unravel the story of the lab and its experiments, they discover that the scientist may have started the fire himself with the intention of killing his own daughter. The journals of the scientist and of the lab's founder, Dr. Patricia Morella, tell the tale of genetics experiments going badly awry and of the deceit that was used to hide them even from some of those that were involved. Dr. Morella's legacy is a clone whose only goal in life is its own survival and reproduction...no matter what the cost!
Acting
Angela Jones plays dual roles with unhinged commitment.
Practical Effects
Charming low-budget lab sets and fire effects.
Director
James Glenn Dudelson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is technically an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story 'Morella,' which is about a dead wife possessing her daughter—here, it's... cloning. Creative liberties were taken.
Released during the late-90s direct-to-video horror boom, when any classic author in public domain was fair game for sci-fi reimagining with $50 and a dream.
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